Renewal of Active School Flag
I have registered our school for the renewal of the active school flag which we have started since September.
We have so many PE adventures to come and are so lucky to avail of the cream of the crop when it comes to PE instructors and teachers.
Adrian is working with Fundamental movement skills along with hurling and football skills. He makes running, walking, skipping fun and the children are engaged all the time. We have just completed a 6 week Athletics program of work with Emmett and we are currently lucky to have Eoghan from Offaly sports partnership teaching a range of sports from basketball to dodge ball and lots more to come.
Our classes are currently doing the Run around Ireland challenge and are doing Amazing. well done an keep it going.
we are also having a motto competition for children from 2nd to 6th class and these children have an opportunity to become a member of the Active School Flag Committee.
School Plan
All classes in our school are taught all of the six strands of the PE curriculum throughout the academic year. The six strands are: Aquatics, Athletics, Games, Dance, Gymnastics and Outdoor and Adventure. Due to covid 19 we are unsure if our aquatic strand will be completed but we will hopefully teach water safety if we cannot get pool slots.
Our school continues to teach a standardised PE timetable for the school year so that all classes are taught the same strand at the same time. Each teacher has a timetable.
Each class teacher uses the PSSI lesson plans throughout the year to ensure a spiral approach. The PSSI lessons have been made easily accessible for all teachers to use.
Physical Education is allocated 1 hour per week of overall teaching time.
Active School Committee
In December we have set up a new Active Schools Committee.
It is the role of the committee to represent their class at meetings and bring forward new ideas. The committee members have many different types of leadership roles. These include, playground leaders, PE equipment monitor leaders, , yard monitors at breaks to ensure everyone is being active and people are walking while they talk. The committee members are also very good at reminding their teachers to take movement breaks throughout the da. We aim to have a committee meeting once a month and a committee member takes the minutes of these meetings.
Active school committee
Their role is the following:
Active Reward Chart
In our classrooms our teachers use a reward chart to reward the whole class for good behaviour, kindness, doing our best and showing respect. When we have our reward chart filled we get some extra physical activity as a reward thus replacing sweets as tre
Break Times
We have two breaks throughout the school day where the children are encouraged to go outside and play. Three times a week from a Tuesday to a Thursday the playground leaders leave out playground equipment for the children to play with. They really enjoy this.
Break Challenge
In January, every class will partake in Active Break Challenge. Classes will try out different activity breaks including running breaks, dance breaks and exercise breaks. Go Noodle for dance breaks, 10@10 Classroom Movement Breaks, , Bizzy Breaks for Bizzy Minds and Bodies. Some classes went for walks around the school, running or created an exercise box where a child had to choose an exercise at random for the class to complete.
Feel Good Friday
On the last teaching Friday of each month the school takes part in Feel Good Friday. Physical Activity makes you feel good, fact! This initiative encourages the school to take part in a fun, inclusive and energized classroom based activity in a different way each month.
Active School Suggestions Box
To make sure that all pupils had their voices heard we have our Active School Week suggestions folder on the Active Flag notice board in the hallway. Children can write down their ideas on a piece of paper and anonymously post it in the suggestions box. Many of the ideas that the children suggest are planned for our Active School Week.
Active School Notice Board
We have dedicated a notice board in our school hall to the Active School Flag. You can get information here about who is on our committee and ways to keep active. You can also take a look at some photos of what we were up to. We also acknowledge here all the sporting achievements of our wonderful pupils.
Active school motto
The children have been working on an ASF motto during November 2021
I have registered our school for the renewal of the active school flag which we have started since September.
We have so many PE adventures to come and are so lucky to avail of the cream of the crop when it comes to PE instructors and teachers.
Adrian is working with Fundamental movement skills along with hurling and football skills. He makes running, walking, skipping fun and the children are engaged all the time. We have just completed a 6 week Athletics program of work with Emmett and we are currently lucky to have Eoghan from Offaly sports partnership teaching a range of sports from basketball to dodge ball and lots more to come.
Our classes are currently doing the Run around Ireland challenge and are doing Amazing. well done an keep it going.
we are also having a motto competition for children from 2nd to 6th class and these children have an opportunity to become a member of the Active School Flag Committee.
School Plan
All classes in our school are taught all of the six strands of the PE curriculum throughout the academic year. The six strands are: Aquatics, Athletics, Games, Dance, Gymnastics and Outdoor and Adventure. Due to covid 19 we are unsure if our aquatic strand will be completed but we will hopefully teach water safety if we cannot get pool slots.
Our school continues to teach a standardised PE timetable for the school year so that all classes are taught the same strand at the same time. Each teacher has a timetable.
Each class teacher uses the PSSI lesson plans throughout the year to ensure a spiral approach. The PSSI lessons have been made easily accessible for all teachers to use.
Physical Education is allocated 1 hour per week of overall teaching time.
Active School Committee
In December we have set up a new Active Schools Committee.
It is the role of the committee to represent their class at meetings and bring forward new ideas. The committee members have many different types of leadership roles. These include, playground leaders, PE equipment monitor leaders, , yard monitors at breaks to ensure everyone is being active and people are walking while they talk. The committee members are also very good at reminding their teachers to take movement breaks throughout the da. We aim to have a committee meeting once a month and a committee member takes the minutes of these meetings.
Active school committee
Their role is the following:
- To check each classroom to ensure children have equipment for lunch time- skipping ropes,bals etc
- To check the teachers, engage in active breaks
- To ensure children are filling out their pe journals
- To check that the classes are completing the walk/run around Ireland
- To complete a PE audit
- To tidy PE equipment
- To report news back to classes
- To help organise a Christmas dash
- To organise a community walk
- To plan the new storage area and help organise
- To help organise playground leaders
- To organise active reward charts for each class
Active Reward Chart
In our classrooms our teachers use a reward chart to reward the whole class for good behaviour, kindness, doing our best and showing respect. When we have our reward chart filled we get some extra physical activity as a reward thus replacing sweets as tre
Break Times
We have two breaks throughout the school day where the children are encouraged to go outside and play. Three times a week from a Tuesday to a Thursday the playground leaders leave out playground equipment for the children to play with. They really enjoy this.
Break Challenge
In January, every class will partake in Active Break Challenge. Classes will try out different activity breaks including running breaks, dance breaks and exercise breaks. Go Noodle for dance breaks, 10@10 Classroom Movement Breaks, , Bizzy Breaks for Bizzy Minds and Bodies. Some classes went for walks around the school, running or created an exercise box where a child had to choose an exercise at random for the class to complete.
Feel Good Friday
On the last teaching Friday of each month the school takes part in Feel Good Friday. Physical Activity makes you feel good, fact! This initiative encourages the school to take part in a fun, inclusive and energized classroom based activity in a different way each month.
Active School Suggestions Box
To make sure that all pupils had their voices heard we have our Active School Week suggestions folder on the Active Flag notice board in the hallway. Children can write down their ideas on a piece of paper and anonymously post it in the suggestions box. Many of the ideas that the children suggest are planned for our Active School Week.
Active School Notice Board
We have dedicated a notice board in our school hall to the Active School Flag. You can get information here about who is on our committee and ways to keep active. You can also take a look at some photos of what we were up to. We also acknowledge here all the sporting achievements of our wonderful pupils.
Active school motto
The children have been working on an ASF motto during November 2021
